Just thought I would post this out of interest.
My Great Uncle Charles Built a Caravan out of 2 Horsa Cockpits in the mid 40’s
These Pics were taken in 1947 and 1948 were the caravan was based in Bognor.
Here are a couple of pics. Last one is with 2 of my Dads sisters and my Dad as a little boy stood in and infront of it.
Regards
Mark
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By: kenjohan - 23rd May 2016 at 10:18
That is a Waco Hadrian and not an Airspeed Horsa.
Replica of a Horsa glider, used during shooting for the film ‘Saving Private Ryan’
Museum Bevrijdende Vleugels
http://www.saak.nl/oorlogsmusea/museum%20bevrijdende%20vleugels/museum%20bevrijdende%20vleugels%20en.html(scroll down)
Martin
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd May 2016 at 22:30
I have no Idea Wyvern. I know my Great uncle went on to Build a More conventional caravan later on though.
By: jeepman - 22nd May 2016 at 20:39
Doesn’t Preston Isaac have one of the ABTF Horsas at Cobbaton?
By: wieesso - 22nd May 2016 at 19:51
The forward fuselage of one is in the museum at Veghel.
Replica of a Horsa glider, used during shooting for the film ‘Saving Private Ryan’
Museum Bevrijdende Vleugels
http://www.saak.nl/oorlogsmusea/museum%20bevrijdende%20vleugels/museum%20bevrijdende%20vleugels%20en.html
(scroll down)
Martin
By: Arabella-Cox - 22nd May 2016 at 17:51
I know where there are some other bits but I’m not supposed to say 😛
If I can be bothered to dig them out I’ve got various pics of the mock-ups being built along with them being installed/dressed on set.
By: ericmunk - 22nd May 2016 at 12:47
I wonder who built the Horsa replicas for Bridge Too far, maybe a company in Holland. . None seem to have survived, sadly.
The forward fuselage of one is in the museum at Veghel.
By: Propstrike - 22nd May 2016 at 10:23
I wonder who built the Horsa replicas for Bridge Too far, maybe a company in Holland. . None seem to have survived, sadly.
Pic from ‘After The battle’ mag.
By: VARSITY - 22nd May 2016 at 09:54
I saw what looked like the rear end of a Horsa near Colean near Cardiff when I worked there in 1988 it was painted black.
By: Rocketeer - 22nd May 2016 at 09:47
Fantastic! I remember seeing some horsa wheels on a trailer near Witney when I was a youngster. The farmer told me he had bought 3 complete gliders at the end of the war. He said I still have them somewhere. We went to the smallest shed ever where he had a bucket of steel fittings! He’d kept the wheels and legs and this bucket! We acquired them and donated most of it to middle wallop
By: Arabella-Cox - 21st May 2016 at 20:11
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Bargin. I’ll take two.
Must admit it made me wince watching all the belts and fittings being stripped out. Took me ages to find one and there they are just tossing them 😀
By: ericmunk - 21st May 2016 at 15:42
Not just caravans, homes too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=tCkzxOcwg_Q (posted before, I believe, on here?).
By: Propstrike - 21st May 2016 at 13:07
A fascinating ‘snapshot’ of another era, when everything was in short supply.
On a forum like this, the obvious question is ‘what became of them? ‘ but wooden airframes, living outside, probably tells us all we need to know.
I wish my family had owned a couple of warbirds as well !
By: Wyvernfan - 21st May 2016 at 13:03
What a great idea. Any idea what happened to it?
Rob
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